kaddish in two-part harmony
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daily kaddish: Osama Bin Laden
Mira’s Kaddish for Osama Bin Laden is an example of why I’m so proud to be her collaborator. With her words echoing in my brain, and her “bismilleh” Kaddish text echoing in my headphones, I attempted to play a Kaddish for this whole sorry scene. I don’t think it’s coincidental that I was hitting clams and playing notes out of tune the whole way through. Continue reading
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Tagged faith, Islamic State, jihad, Osama bin Laden, Ottoman Empire, Sephardi, terrorism
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a kaddish for Osama bin Laden
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The goal of building (or rebuilding) an Islamic State is something as yet under-appreciated in the West. Do we in the West ask what kind of State is it? Or do we just assume it’s the … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, Islamic State, jihad, Osama bin Laden, Ottoman Empire, Sephardi, terrorism
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the shikse makes more charoset—& mrs tzaddik doesn’t care
After years of making the weak, watery Ashkenaz muck that Mira so disdains, I ran across this recipe in the The New York Times Passover Cookbook, credited to Larry Bain and Catherine Pantsios as an adaptation of his gramma’s. Continue reading
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Tagged Ashkenaz, charoset, hybrid, Mrs Tzaddik, muck, Sephardi
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the shikse makes charoset—and Elijah likes it
I had the chutzpah to challenge Mira to a charoset-off. Uff da. Continue reading
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Tagged artifactual memory, Ashekenaz, Ashkenaz, charoset, collective unconscious, Jung, Norwegian, pelinka, Pesach, seder, Sephardi, Yemen
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the very best sephardi charoset ever, hashisha candy, and the religion of labor
I mean, it’s not really chauvinistic to admit when something is without question and beyond doubt just the very best, right? This is something that can be tested empirically. Blind taste test, right? Well, actually not. There’s the nostalgia factor. … Continue reading
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Tagged A.D. Gordon, charoset, din ha-avodah, hashisha candy, Hillel Sandwich, Jewish identity, Pesach, Sephardi, Tree of Life
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